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[emg2806]

hey everyone ! my youngest daughter Peyton who will be 3 years old in April was diagnosed with ASD at 23 months old. It’s been a tough road for everyone but with all her therapy she is doing great so i’m very thankful.

but tomorrow she has to get another evaluation for a new school starting September 2020. im so nervous about this evaluation i just don’t know how to get my mind off the negative. everything has been so positive with my daughter growing and thriving but my anxiety and nerves gets the best of me and i just want her to do well!

i just don’t know how to relax and calm myself down for a long evaluation. if anyone can relate please comment and or message me i’m open to whichever

[kevinmhickson]

As I have just seen your posting, I think I am too late to suggest anything now for the evaluation but I do hope that it has ran smoothly and constructively. Ask yourself why I am feeling so nervous? In a gentle and non-judgemental way. If you have not already done so, find some short practical relaxation techniques centred around breathing, relaxing the body etc

[emg2806 in reply to kevinmhickson]

thank you for responding ! it actually did run very smoothly which i was so happy about. i think i was more nervous just bc i wanted her to do so well bc i know how well she’s doing already and unfortunately i wasn’t able to be there so i think the nerves were more because of the unknown.

[kevinmhickson in reply to emg2806]

Perfectly understandable - its that tension created when you hope so much for that progress and for those challenges to be recognised and understood. And, as you say, the universal fear of the unknown.

[emg2806 in reply to kevinmhickson]

couldn’t of said it any better ! thank you for responding i appreciate it a lot